Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Cat with breathing trouble from tracheobronchial cancer
By M. D. Ruiz et al.·Published in JFMS open reports·2018·View original on Semantic Scholar →
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Original publication title: Bronchoscopic debulking of a feline tracheobronchial carcinoma and long-term outcome
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Plain-English summary
A 10-year-old female spayed Russian Blue cat was brought in for breathing problems that had lasted for five months. X-rays showed a blockage in her airways, and a bronchoscopy revealed a tumor in her trachea. The vet used a urinary catheter to remove part of the tumor and confirmed it was a tracheobronchial carcinoma (a type of lung cancer). The cat received three more procedures and chemotherapy with doxorubicin, and she lived for 16 months after her diagnosis, showing that this treatment approach can be effective for similar cases.
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Abstract
Case summary This report describes a 10-year-old female spayed Russian Blue cat presented with a 5 month history of respiratory difficulty. Thoracic radiographs were suggestive of a central airway obstruction. Bronchoscopy revealed a broad-base mass in the region of the carina. Bronchoscopic debulking was performed using a urinary catheter. Histopathology confirmed the presence of a tracheobronchial carcinoma. Survival from diagnosis was 16 months (480 days), over which time the cat underwent three endoscopic debulking procedures in combination with doxorubicin chemotherapy. Relevance and novel information To our knowledge, this is the first report of a tracheobronchial carcinoma in a cat treated by endoscopic debulking with a urinary catheter and adjuvant chemotherapy with long-term survival time. A review of interventional bronchoscopy performed in humans and in veterinary medicine is described.
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Search related cases →Original publication on Semantic Scholar: https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/29780608